Oliver's Wharf
| Oliver's Wharf | |
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 View from Wapping High Street | |
  Oliver's Wharf Location within London Borough of Tower Hamlets  Oliver's Wharf Oliver's Wharf (Greater London) | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| Location | Wapping |
| Address | 64 Wapping High Street, E1W |
| Town or city | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′12″N 0°3′41″W / 51.50333°N 0.06139°W |
| Completed | 1870 |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Polychrome brick[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Frederick and Horace Francis |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Oliver's Wharf |
| Designated | 27 September 1973 |
| Reference no. | 1065806 |
Oliver's Wharf is a Grade II listed apartment building and former warehouse on the River Thames in Wapping High Street, Wapping, London.[2][3]
History
[edit]Construction
[edit]The warehouse was built in 1870 by architects Frederick and Horace Francis to store tea and other cargo.[3][4] It had a capacity of 60,000 packages.[5]
Conversion to housing
[edit]In 1972, Oliver's Wharf was converted into luxury apartments by Tony Goddard of Goddard Manton Partnership. It is the first of Wapping's, and one of the first Docklands warehouses altogether, to undergo such a conversion.[3][4]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oliver's Wharf, Wapping.
- ^ Rose, Millicent (1973). The East End of London. Cedric Chivers. ISBN 9780855948009. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Oliver's Wharf (1065806)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Pearson, Lynn (2016). Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-78500-190-1. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ a b Ellmers, Chris; Werner, Alex (1988). London's lost riverscape: a photographic panorama. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-81263-9. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Co, Finlay (James) &; Brogan, Colm (1951). James Finlay & Company Limited: Manufactures and East India Merchants, 1750-1950. Jackson Son. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
51°30′12″N 0°3′41″W / 51.50333°N 0.06139°W
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